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Associated Cyber Systems
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Foundational
100

As someone with access to the BES Cyber Systems, I am required to take this annual training

What is CORP-0804 (Cyber & Physical Sec Awareness)

100

These are Cyber Assets that peform electronic access control or electronc access monitoring of the Electronic Security Perimeter(s) or BES Cyber Systems.  This includes intermediate Systems.

What are Electronic Access Control or Monitoring Systems (EACMS)

100

The physical border surrounding locations in which BES Cyber Assets, BES Cyber Systems, or Electronic Access Control or Monitoring Systems reside, and for which access is controlled.

What is a PSP

100

As a System Owner for a high/medium impact BES Cyber System and/or associated EACMS/PACS/PCAs, I would need to ensure these are changed at least once every 15 months in order to avoid a CIP-007-6 R5.6 violation

What are shared credentials

100

This is the type of cyber asset that, once identified, all other CIP requirements revolve around

What are BES Cyber Assets?

200

The amount of time (in years) that a Personnel Risk Assessment is good for

What is 7

200

This is the term NERC uses to classify cyber assets that are not BCAs and do not control or monitor access, yet reside in the same ESP as a BES Cyber System.

What are Protected Cyber Assets (PCAs)

200

The logical border surrounding a network to which Critical Cyber Assets are connected and for which access is controlled

What is an ESP

200

Sharing a badge to allow someone to gain unauthorized access to a PSP would cause a violation within this CIP standard

What is CIP-006

200

WECC: also known as ________

What is the Western Energy Coordinating Council?
300

The new CIP requirements that control vendor system-to-system remote access to BCS are covered under version 6 of this standard

What is CIP-005

300

Cyber Assets that control, alert, or log access to the Physical Security Perimeter(s), exclusive of locally mounted haredware or devices at the Physical Security Perimeter such as motion sensors, electronic control mechanisms, and badge readers, are called ____________

What are Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)

300

NERC-CIP: also known as ___________

What is the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection

300

This is the requirement that all personnel with unescorted access to the Bulk Electric System Cyber Systems have completed a personnel risk assessment

What is CIP-004-6 R3

300

This is the vanity-URL for TO-CIP's official Intranet (not SharePoint) site, complete with details on each of the CIP standards and the CIP program in general.

What is http://tocip?

400

The name given for the process that PG&E executes in order to confirm a person's identify and review criminal background history

What is Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA)

400

Often specialized laptops, these are cyber assets that directly connect to a BES Cyber System for 30 or fewer calendar days and are capable of transmitting or transferring executable code.

What are Transient Cyber Assets (TCAs)

400

Nonpublic information about the Bulk Electric System Cyber System (including non-public information about the EACMS and PACS associated with the Bulk Electric System Cyber System) that, if used, could lead to unauthorized access to the Bulk Electric System Cyber System or could be used to threaten the security of the Bulk Electric System Cyber System

What is BCSI?

400

Low Impact BCS with routable connectivity must be enclosed within an _______ ________ in accordance with CIP-003-8 R2 Attachment 1 Section 3

What is an Electronic Boundary

400

TO-CIP's main evidence repository is called this

What is Appian?

500

This is the name of the application used to remote into the Operational Data Network

What is Citrix

500

This is the name of the EACMS cyber system PG&E uses to allow users to request access to roles and entitlements

What is MyElectronicAccess (MEA)

500

BES Cyber Systems perform one or more of these reliability functions

What are BROS?

500

As a System Owner, I am required to update the __________ within 30 days of any change that deviates from _______ in accordance with CIP-010-2 R1 (both blanks are the same word).

What are Baselines (or Baseline Configurations)

500

PG&E's CIP Senior Manager

Who is Tom French?